COVID-19: The coronavirus's tangled strands of RNA could offer new ways to treat people who get infected

To the untrained eye, the loops, kinks and folds in the single strand of RNA that…

Probing helium dimer by relativistic highly charged projectiles

In a recent theoretical work published in Physical Review Letters, researchers at the Institute of Modern…

Parker Solar Probe completes a record-setting swing by the sun

Blazing along at space-record speeds that would get it from Earth to the Moon in under…

Study shows people who believe in astrology tend to be less intelligent and more narcissistic

A trio of psychologists at Lund University has found via online questionnaire, that people who believe…

Researchers reconstruct historical non-growing-season precipitation in southeastern Tibetan Plateau

A joint research team led by researchers from the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography (XIEG)…

Scientists fling model stars at a virtual black hole to see who survives

Watch as eight stars skirt a black hole 1 million times the mass of the Sun…

Study finds a growing appreciation of the benefits provided by hoofed animals

The benefits to humans most commonly associated with wild ungulates—such as deer, hippos, wild boar, or…

Quantifying phosphorus needs of smallholder farms in tropical regions

Smallholder farms in tropical regions can double their crop production by 2030 compared to 2015, finds…

Testing confirms Webb Telescope on track for targeted Dec. 22 launch

Engineering teams have completed additional testing confirming NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is ready for flight,…

New Russian module docks with International Space Station

A Russian cargo craft carrying a new docking module successfully hooked up with the International Space…